THE TRUE LOVE OF TRAVIS AND GABBY IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL “THE CHOICE”
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BY: EPA RESLIANTI HARAHAP 092202065
DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN 2012
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Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip.Ling, M.Hum. NIP. 19490423 197412 2 001
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The examination is held on June 2012
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ABSTRAK Sastra adalah sebuah karangan fiksi dalam bentuk tulisan. Didalam tulisan itu menggambarkan suatu masalah yang dialami oleh manusia. Kertas karya ini berjudul: THE TRUE LOVE OF TRAVIS AND GABBY IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL THE CHOICE. Ada dua tokoh utama dalam novel tersebut, yaitu Tavis Parker dan Gabby Holland. Setiap tokoh memiliki karakter dan peran berbeda. Dalam penulisan kertas karya ini penulis tidak mencantumkan peran pendukung (Supporting Character), namun kertas karya ini tetap menarik untuk dibaca karena mengandung makna cinta sejati yang terdapat dalam novel tersebut. Travis adalah seorang dokter hewan di kota kecil Beaufort yang mencintai seorang wanita bernama Gabby. Awal perkenalan mereka tidak berjalan dengan lancar, namun terjadi sesuatu hal yang mengharuskan Gabby untuk berhubungan dengan Travis, menyangkut profesi Travis sebagai dokter hewan. Percik asmara pun hadir dan mereka saling jatuh cinta. Sebelas tahun kemudian, setelah membentuk keluarga bahagia dengan dua anak perempuan, keluarga mereka dihadapkan pada kenyataan menyakitkan. Gabby mengalami koma dan Travis dihadapkan pada pilihan yang sulit, apakah ia harus melepaskan Gabby sesuai surat wasiat yang mereka buat atau tetap mempertahankannya. Tapi Travis bisa menghadapinya. Dia membuat semua orang bisa melihat, bahwa mungkin cinta sejati memang ada, bahwa masa-masa sulit sekalipun tidak akan membuat cinta sejati hilang. Dalam penulisan kertas karya ini, penulis menggunakan metode perpustakaan dan pendekatan intrinsik. Semua data dikumpulkan oleh penulis, diklasifikasikan, dan akhirnya disimpulkan. Semoga dengan adanya kertas karya ini, para pembaca dapat mengerti unsur dalam novel khususnya tokoh serta makna cinta sejati yang digambarkan oleh tokoh tersebut.
ABSTRACT Literature is a kind of imaginative writing. It reflects a problem of life de by human being. This paper is entitled: THE TRUE LOVE OF TRAVIS AND GABBY IN NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NOVEL THE CHOICE. There are two characters in the novel, namely: Travis Parker and Gabby Holland. Each character has different characters and roles. In writing this paper the writer doesn’t include a supporting character, but this paper is still interesting to read because it implies the meaning of true love in the novel. Travis is a vet in a small town Beaufort who loves a woman named Gabby. The begining of their introduction did not run smoothly, but however there are something that requires Gabby to get in touch with him because Travis as a vet. A sparkling romance had been present in their life and they fall in love each others. Eleven years after they had married and had two girls, their families had faced with the painful fact that almost be seperated them. Gabby got in a comma and Travis faced with a difficult choice, whether he will let go Gabby depends on the testament they made before or still keep her. But Travis could face it at all. He could make all people see, that the true love would exist, despite of the hard times would not make a true love lost. In writing this paper, the writer used the method of library and intrinsic approach. All data had collected by the writer, classified, and finally concluded. Hopefully, by this paper the readers can understand the elements of novel especially the main characters and the meaning of true love which is described by the characters.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all and foremost, I would like to express my gratitude, tribute, and honor to the Almighty Allah SWT and prophet Muhammad SAW, for blessing and giving me strength, health and wisdom to finish this paper in order to get a Diploma III from English Department Faculty of Culture Studies, University of North Sumatera. It is his charity and beautiful peace plan in my life to give me a loveable family, friends to share together, and their patience in writing this paper. Then, I would like to express a deep gratitude, love, and appreciation to the dean Faculty of Culture Studies, Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A and the head of Diploma III English Study Program, Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A who gives me a lot of knowledge about doing in a paper. I also wish to thank all of the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me the instruction, tuition, and knowledge especially to Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip.Ling, M.Hum as my supervisor. The writer can work this paper well through of her guidance and I would like to thank to Drs. Mohammad Syafi’i as reader of my paper. Thank you for your time, care, patience in completing this paper. I would like to say thank to my lovely family especially to my parents, my father S. Harahap and my lovely mother R. Pasaribu who always praying for me since I was child until now, and thanks to my beloved sisters and brother. (Yustina Ida Harahap, Aisah Rani Harahap, Irsan Efendi Harahap) Thank you for your kindness, care, advice, and always beside me to give me support in doing this paper. You always give me a good solution in my life. Thanks for all that you have given to me.
I also do not forget to express sincere thanks to my special one, Erwin Novtriansyah. Thank you for your love, care, support, advice, and mind that you have given to me especially in writing this paper. Thanks for everything and all of your favor to me in completing this paper. Last but not least, I would like to say thanks to all my beloved friends SOLIDAS ’09, for a warm friendship and also to my best friends (Hikmata Zoni, Yulia Rezeki, Farah Bella, Ummul, and etc). Thank you for being my best friends in my life. We have spending much time in this college, and I will be missing it on someday. I will never forget you all. Finally, I do realize this paper is still not perfect. I hope for the readers who read this paper will give the contribution in term of critics, suggestion, and etc. Hopefully, this paper will give inspire for the Junior of D-III English Study Program to explore more topic that I have analyzed.
Medan,
2012
The Writer,
Epa Reslianti Harahap Reg. No. 092202065
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ........................................................................
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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ....................................................................
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ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................
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ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................
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1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
INTRODUCTION Background of the Study .......................................................................... Problem of the Study ................................................................................. Scope of the Study .................................................................................... Significance of the Study .......................................................................... Method of the Study .................................................................................
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2. 2.1 2.2 2.3
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERMS Novel ........................................................................................................ Character ................................................................................................... Intrinsic Approach ....................................................................................
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3. 3.1 3.2
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS Travis Parker ............................................................................................. Gabby Holland ..........................................................................................
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4. 4.1 4.2
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION Conclusion ................................................................................................ Suggestion ................................................................................................
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REFERENCES ................................................................................................. APPENDICES Biography of Nicholas Sparks ........................................................................... Summary of the Choice Novel ...........................................................................
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